Lionel Messi

The 35-year-old scored twice on Sunday as Paris Saint-Germain beat Marseille 3-0 to move eight points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 following his ...

Messi is also likely to beat the Al-Nassr striker for Ballon d'Ors. Messi reached the landmark in over 100 games fewer than old rival Cristiano Ronaldo - Messi got to the landmark in over 100 games fewer than Cristiano Ronaldo Messi is just the second player to achieve the feat in Europe's top five leagues, after Ronaldo netted his 700th for [He reached the milestone in Paris Saint-Germain's 3-0 win over Marseille](/sport/football/article-11796105/Marseille-0-3-Paris-Saint-Germain-Goals-Lionel-Messi-Kylian-Mbappe-win-Le-Classique.html) and the World Cup winner is now set to surpass old rival Cristiano Ronaldo's overall record in 100 fewer games

Lionel Messi has seven Ballon d'Or wins to Cristiano Ronaldo's five, but what about their Best FIFA Football Awards records?

Despite some below-par club performances in 2021-22, his superb performances at the 2022 World Cup, won by Argentina, must put him in with a great chance of drawing level with Ronaldo and Lewandowski. He won the first Best FIFA Men’s Player award in 2017 for his performances between November 2015 and November 2016, when his goals fired Real Madrid to a second Champions League title in three years and his coaching from the touchline helped Portugal win their first ever major tournament at the European Championships. Messi’s only victory so far came in 2019 for his performances in 2018-19, when he scored 51 goals in 50 games (still only his sixth best goalscoring season in his career) as Barcelona won LaLiga but came up short everywhere else. On top of all that, Los Blancos won LaLiga for the first time in five years. One man who will definitely not be winning anything this year, however, is Cristiano Ronaldo, who, for the first time in what feels like forever, hasn’t been nominated for something he could’ve been nominated for. It’s almost time for what I think we can safely say is still the second biggest award ceremony in world soccer (sorry FIFA).

Lionel Messi is undoubtedly one of the greatest footballers of all-time and he'll be hoping to cap off a stellar 2022 by taking home a FIFA The Best award ...

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Lionel Messi is winning off and on the pitch with massive success scoring goals, lifting trophies and making shedloads of money.Winning the World Cup.

[Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/profile/lionel-messi/?sh=465ff8c95e9f) saying he raked in a $130million (approximately £108m) in 2022. He has properties in Barcelona, Miami, Paris and hometown Rosario. It wasn’t my goal to leave Barca and everything happened abruptly. My family and I are enjoying Paris.” [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/14750878/lionel-messi-miami-apartment-sale-psg/) in 2021 that Messi put this property on the market, which might dampen speculation that he is preparing to leave Europe for the USA this summer. But the footballing icon had to renege on one of his demands with the home not containing an indoor swimming pool but that has done little to dissuade him on his love of the city of Paris.

Follow live coverage of FIFA's annual awards ceremony The Best with Lionel Messi hoping to be named the top men's player during the ceremony in Paris.

[Real Madrid's](../../teampages/real-madrid.html) Karim Benzema completes the three finalists nominated having inspired his side to Champions League success. Alexia Putellas (Spain and Barcelona) Beth Mead (England and Arsenal) Christiane Endler (Chile and Lyon) Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany and Chelsea) Yassine Bounou (Morocco and Sevilla)

Elsewhere, England boss Sarina Wiegman is nominated for Fifa Best Women's Coach and the Puskas Award will be handed out to the male or female judged to have ...

Mead was also voted the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year for her success at the Euros. During the 2022 World Cup, you would not have to go far to find a group of Argentina supporters. [Beth Mead](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/beth-mead) is competing against the USA’s Alex Morgan and 2021 winner Alexia Putellas for the Fifa Best Women’s Player award. After each of their nation’s games, they were seen cleaning up their designated area of the stadium. The great and the good will all be gathered in Paris for a ceremony that should celebrate a fantastic year of football. He spent 55 days walking across the Arabian desert to watch Saudi Arabia play at the 2022 World Cup. This seemed like a simple solution which avoided having two very similar awards ceremonies in the same sport. Three finalists in each category have been confirmed ahead of the ceremony in Paris. [What is the difference between the Ballon d’Or and The Best Fifa Awards?](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/the-best-fifa-awards-ballon-dor-difference-b2290419.html) Confusingly, the Fifa award and the France Football award merged to briefly become the Fifa Ballon d’Or between 2010 and 2015. What is the difference between the Ballon d’Or and The Best Fifa Awards? [Fifa Best Awards ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/fifa)takes place this evening with a host of football’s biggest stars, including the likes of [Lionel Messi](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/lionel-messi) and [Kylian Mbappe, ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/kylian-mbappe)nominated for the top prizes.

Welcome to Eurosport's live coverage of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 where Lionel Messi and Beth Mead are in contention for the top prizes.

Who is nominated for the women's? Voting for the general public closed on February 3. Putellas is considered the favourite, after her stunning role in Barcelona's domestic dominance last season. Of course, it's not just the men's and women's individual awards that are capturing all the attention. However, she faces stiff competition from England Lioness Beth Mead, who's six goals helped her country to a historic Euro 2022 win last summer. And according to transfer oracle Fabrizio Romano, he's set to win Best FIFA Men's Coach later too.